David Christensen wrote: > I built homebrew desktops using Antec tower cases and Intel desktop boards > for many years. The last was based on a Sonata chassis with an included 500 > W PSU. It's very easy to add/ remove drives and has low noise features -- > the four internal 3.5" drive bays feature vibration isolation grommets, the > main cooling fan is large diameter with selectable RPM, the PSU fan is speed > controlled, etc.. An Intel single-socket ATX server board and Antec > "silent" tower chassis would be a good starting point. I would buy a new > chassis, rather than used; so that no parts are missing.
Intel made pretty good motherboards, but they stopped in 2015. -dsr-
